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Episode:

• Pete McCormack is a fucking genius
• Pete is my friend because he is afraid of what would happen to me if he wasn't
• Daniele is a judgmental bastard
• Pete is a polymath: writer, director, musician... you name it. It's about telling epic stories
• Unless we create something beautiful, we don't deserve to live: Pete and I share the same psychosis
• "Grinding it out until I don't hate myself"
• No work, no school, no money, food magically appearing in your fridge, and all sweets are healthy: Iz for President
• The Muses ride us hard
• The art of slowing down and celebrating
• Daniele and Pete are horrible human beings
• Savannah Em is my favorite woman on earth
• If I don't write something amazing tomorrow, I'll have to shoot myself
• Fuck doing a PhD. The process to get there would kill my soul.
• "Daniele Bolelli is not built for academia"
• "Anyone who hires me as an accountant will eventually end up in prison"
• Doing too much
• A Gita reference that would make Duncan Trussell happy
• The torture of squashing one's nature
• Finding a ritual to center you
• A gentle obsession
• Why do some many artists end up badly?
• More effective doing less
• Owning the Warner Brothers' lot
• I want a statue that all screenwriters will pray to before turning in their work
• Why create anything?
• Cuddling with Pete McCormack
• More emphasis on fun & joy and less on achievement
• Tesshu about one page at a time
• Am I doing this to make my life more joyful?
• Sports on Fire on HBO Canada
• Gratitude
• We shine more than we know
• We don't care about true or false. We care about epic